China on Monday as soon as once more urged Japan to cease its plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean on the ongoing 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday adopted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) consequence of Japan. Speaking within the dialogue on the UPR consequence of Japan, Chinese diplomat Shi Qi reiterated China’s enchantment for Japan to cease the plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean.
Shi urged Japan to eliminate it in a science-based, secure and clear method, and cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to place in place a long-term worldwide monitoring mechanism involving Japan’s neighbors and different stakeholders as quickly as attainable.
The diplomat identified that out of economic-cost issues, Japan ignored the issues and opposition of the worldwide group, and its steady discharge of thousands and thousands of tons of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean within the subsequent 30 years is the equal of treating the Pacific Ocean like a “sewer.”
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(Cover: A member of a Japanese civic group holds an indication opposing the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant in Tokyo, Japan, July 10, 2023. /CFP)
Source: CGTN